Stake holder



Patented Nov. 18, 1924.

UN ITD lSTATES 1,516,163 rricag,

PATENT CHARLES LYMAN TOLLES, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISGONSIN.

' STAKE HOLDER.

lkpplicationled October 22, 1923. -Serial Nrn-670,145.

'new and. useful Improvements in lStakellolderswif which the following is zr-specifiration.

The object of my invention is to provide a stake holder adapted for use on either logging sleds or logging cars and the particular object'of the invention is to provide alocking device for the holder ofiinexpensive yconstruction that will be ypositive and reliable in its operation and at the same time strong and durable and capable of wit-hstanding the rough usage to which a device of this kind is frequently subjected.

rl`he general application of stake holders to sleds and cars is well known, the purpose being to provide a holding means for the stakes on one side of the car, which can be released by the operator standing on the opposite side of the car, as the stakes, when released, allow the logs to roll or tumble off the load, and a person attempting to release a stake standing on the same side of the car or sled would have no time to get out of the way of the logs and most sleds or cars used for logging purposes are now equipped with some device for releasing the stakes on the side opposite to that of discharge or delivery of the load.

My invention consists in the improved locking means all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification;

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the application of my invention to a sled bunk or beam;

Figure 2 is a side view, and

Figures 3 and t are views showing the details of construction of the locking device.

ln the drawing, 2 represents a portion of a sled bunk having a seat or socket 3 to receive the lower end of the stake 4. It will be understood that this stake in its upright position holds the logs on the sled or car and any suitable number of stakes are provided for this purpose. A flexible means such as a chain 5 is anchored by suitable means such as a bolt 6 to the bunk and extends around the end thereof and across the socket and the stake fitting therein. The loose end of the chain has a link 7 that 'is llarger, preferably, than the other links and has an elongated oval opening 8 therein. A bolt projects from the bunk adjacent this .linkandniay be .a continuation of the rbolt 6 which supports'thefother end of the chain.

.A washer mounted on the boltlanda bushing l() in the form of la cylinder is seated on the washerand held in place by Vthe ihead of the bolt or a Asuitable nut 11 thereon. 12 vis a vhub lthat is .mount- -ed on the bushing 10 to turn freely thereon, iandlis provided with anarm 213 to which an operatingbar .1.4 is V`pivotally connected, said bar sliding'in guideslon fthe bunk and extending to the opposite side thereof and having a hand grip 16 by means of which the user can move the bar longitudinally as desired. A stop 17 is pro-vided on the bar 14 in position to engage one of the guides 15 to lock the bar against longitudinal movement until it is lifted vertically to clear the stop of the guide.

The hub 12 is provided with a lug 18 on the side thereof opposite from the arm 13 and adjacent the arm 13 has an inclined surface 19, the lug 1S projecting across the link and holding it in place on the hub as long as the arm 13 is in a transverse position with respect to the link. As soon, however, as the bar 14 is moved longitudinally to swing the arm 13 into alignment therewith the hub will be rotated, the lug 8 will be disengaged from the link 7 and, swinging into the oval opening S, will release the link and the inclined surface 19 will be moved into contact with the end portion of the link and cause it to slide off' the hub and drop by gravity down away from the stake releasing it and the load.

With this device the stake will be firmly i held in its upright position until such time as the operator moves the bar 14 and swings the locking device from its upright to a horizontal position. The use of the washer 9 and the bushing insures freedom of operation of the lock under all conditions of pull of the chain therein,

In applying the stake holder to a fiat car, the means extending across the stake is preferably modified somewhat in construction; its function, however, is substantially the saine as the chain .described and the locking device at the end of the stake holding means will be the same on a sled or flat car` and as my invention includes this particular part of the device, I have not thought adapted to enter said opening` and having a lng on one side and :in oppositely arranged inclined surface, said lng in its locking position extending transversely oit said opening and engaging said link to hold it on said hub, and means for rotating said huh to swing seid huh to av releasingposition lengthwise of said link and said inclined surface into Contact with the end hearing portion of said link to cause said link to slide by gravity therefrom and release said stake.

The combination with n. hunk having n. stake socket and stake fitting seil socket, of flexible means adapted to extend across seid stake and socket, a link provided at the free end of said flexible means and havn ing an elongated opening, an oscillating huh mounted on said bunk and adapted to enter said opening and having` a lug on one side and an arm projecting from its opposite side and also having an inelined bezirinrgv snriizrre, said lug' in its locking position extendingr tin-nerersel5Y of said opening and engaging said link to hold it on seid huh, and means operated from zi remote point and connected with said arm for rotatingV said hul) on its axis to swing said lng to a releasing` position lengthwise of seid link and move said in- @lined surface. into Contact with the end beziring portion oit said link and thereby canse smid link to slide by gravity oil said hul).

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of Oetoloer7 1923.

CHARLES LYMAN TOLLES. 

